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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Simon Speakman Cordall, Maram Humaid

Hell and high water: Gaza waits for a ceasefire of its own

A Palestinian man secures his tent as storm clouds loom over a displacement camp on the beach in Deir el-Balah on November 26, 2024 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP Photo]

Families in the rain-soaked devastation of Gaza describe watching the news of a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon with feelings of relief, hope and, for some, the sense of having been entirely abandoned.

A general frustration has settled on the central city of Deir el-Balah, where people are exhausted from nearly 14 months of relentless Israeli assault.

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